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glögg

[gluhg, gloog; Sw. glœg]
–noun
a hot wine punch containing brandy or aquavit and traditionally flavored with almonds, raisins, cloves, and cinnamon.
Also, glogg.


Origin:
< Sw, shortening of glödgat vin mulled wine (glödgat, ptp. of glödga to mull, heat up, deriv. of glöd ember; vin wine )
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glogg   (glŏg)   
n.  A hot punch made of red wine, brandy, and sherry flavored with almonds, raisins, and orange peel.

[Swedish glögg, alteration of glödgat (vin), mulled (wine), past participle of glödga, to mull, from glöd, ember, from Old Norse glodh; see ghel-2 in Indo-European roots.]
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